DIY Halloween Costume - Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.

Found this super cute costume idea on pinterest!  http://thefrakersacres.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html

With coupons and sales, it only cost me $3 to make!  I bought a green shirt and some felt pieces.  I cut out all the pieces.  Then wore the shirt, and pinned the felt pieces to my tummy in the correct spots.  Last, I sewed all the pieces to the shirt using a sewing machine.  For the fingers and tops of the teeth, I hand-sewed - just 1 small thread per finger or tooth. 

DIY Burp Cloths

Super easy!  Found some cute flannel at the local fabric store and bought about 1/2 a yard.  Then I cut it in half.  Folded the 1/4th yard inside out and sewed the edges (leaving a little opening to turn it outside in).  After I turned it outside in, I sewed it closed, then sewed a seam all the way around (about 1/2" from the edge).  I also added a couple seams towards the middle.  I need to buy more fabric to make more!
 

Finished product

2 burp cloths folded

DIY Baby Bibs

Found this great pattern online: http://sewshesews.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/quilted-patchwork-bib-pattern-and-tutorial/

(although, I did not use batting, as suggested).  For one bib, I decided to use some cute fabric a friend had shown me on her trip to the fabric store - I just had to buy it!  For the back of that bib, I used leftover fabric from one of the T-shirt quilts I made.  For the second bib, I used the leftover fabric from the Giants T-shirt quilt I made. 

DIY Pillow Covers

We needed some pillows to go with our couch.  I looked online and found a few different patterns.  For the bigger blue pillows, I decided to use this pattern: http://www.thriftyandchic.com/2010/07/diy-textured-pillows.html  However, instead of wrapping the thread around the pinch a few times, I actually thread the needle through the pinch over and over again.  I had tried wrapping the thread around the pinch after passing the needle through a few times, but it would constantly come undone after someone used the pillow a few times.

 
For the smaller blue/flower pillows, I used this pattern: http://www.sandyalamode.com/2010/05/19/sew-simple-foldover-pillow-cover/ 

Here is the front of the pillow covers.

Here is the back of the pillow covers.

Here are a few more pillow covers I made for our lovely bench (which was handmade by my husband!)

DIY Case for Origami Bonsai Tree

My husband is quite crafty himself.  He decided to make a case for the origami bonsai tree from our wedding (http://lwadamelon.blogspot.com/2013/09/diy-1001-origami-crane-bonsai-tree_15.html).

He went to a local store and got some plastic sheets cut to size and glued them together.  This was placed over the bonsai tree, to detract the dust.